[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 60 (Wednesday, May 13, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D504-D505]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 14, 1998

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to hold 
hearings on the Department of Agriculture's Year 2000 compliance, 9 
a.m., SR-332.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal 
Service, and General Government, to hold hearings to examine the 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Gang Resistance, Education 
and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) program, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
to hold hearings to examine the Employee Retirement Income Security 
Act's (ERISA) preemption, focusing on remedies for denied or delayed 
health claims, 12:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on 
National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation, to hold 
hearings on titles IX and X of S. 1693, to renew, reform, 
reinvigorate, and protect the National Park System, and S. 1614, to 
require a permit for the making of motion picture, television 
program, or other forms of commercial visual depiction in a unit of 
the National Park System or National Wildlife Refuge System, 2 p.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Finance, business meeting, to mark up S. 1415, to 
reform and restructure the processes by which tobacco products are 
manufactured, marketed, and distributed, to prevent the use of 
tobacco products by minors, and to redress the adverse health 
effects of tobacco use, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings to review the 
United States interest at the June 1998 U.S.-China Summit, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to hold 
hearings to examine United States policy toward Iran, 1:30 p.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations, to hold hearings to examine the safety of food 
imports, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Full Committee, business meeting, to consider pending calendar 
business, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10:15 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on pending nominations, 2 p.m., 
SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Fred P. Hochberg, of New York, to be Deputy Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 3:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see page 
E856 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Commerce, to mark up the following measures: H. Con. 
Res. 171, declaring the memorial service sponsored by the National 
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Memorial Service Board of Directors 
to honor emergency medical services personnel to be the ``National 
Emergency Medical Services Memorial Service''; H.R. 2202, National 
Bone Marrow Registry Reauthorization Act of 1998; and H.R. 3849, 
Internet Tax Freedom Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on China Trade Policy, 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, to mark up the following bills:

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H.R. 2869, to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 
to exempt safety and health assessments, audits, and reviews 
conducted by or for an employer from enforcement action under such 
Act; H.R. 2873, to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
1970; H.R. 2661, Sound Scientific Practices Act; and H.R. 3725, 
Postal Service Health and Safety Promotion Act, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Human Resources, hearing on the Status of Efforts to Identify Gulf 
War Veterans' Illnesses: Tumor Data, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific, to mark up the following resolutions: H. Res. 392, relating 
to the importance of Japanese-American relations and the urgent need 
for Japan to more effectively address its economic and financial 
problems and open its markets by eliminating informal barriers to 
trade and investment, thereby making a more effective contribution 
to leading the Asian region out of its current financial crisis, 
insuring against a global recession, and reinforcing regional 
stability and security; and H. Res. 404, commemorating 100 years of 
relations between the people of the United States and the people of 
the Philippines; 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to continue markup of H.R. 3150, 
Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1998, and to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 2604, Religious Liberty and Charitable Donation Protection Act 
of 1997; and H.R. 3736, Workforce Improvement and Protection Act of 
1998, 10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing on Congressional 
Recognition for Acts of Exceptional Valor by Public Safety Officers, 
9 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 3616, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing on Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas 
Leasing, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, 
hearing on H.R. 2760, Disabled Sportsmen's Access Act, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight hearing on 
Forest Health in the Rocky Mountain West, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, oversight hearing on Communicating Science 
and Engineering in a Sound-Bite World, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology and the Subcommittee on Management, 
Information, and Technology of the Committee on Government Reform 
and Oversight, joint oversight hearing on Millennium Short Circuit: 
The Y2K Effect on Energy Utilities, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Empowerment, hearing 
on how to best obtain drug-free work places, 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on the Status of Aviation Security efforts with a 
focus on the National Safe Skies Alliance and Passenger Profiling 
Criteria, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing 
on Criminal Liability for Oil Pollution, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on the GAO report of the Inspector General 
investigation of an alleged cover-up of deaths at the Columbia, 
Missouri VA Medical Center in 1992, and an examination of VA's 
Development of a quality assurance/risk management reporting system, 
9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
3828, Veterans Medicare Access Improvement Act of 1998; and H.R. 
3809, Drug Free Borders Act of 1998, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.